Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

Drawing on his ethnographic research in rural areas of Kentucky, the author of this book presents a thorough look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities. Neil Websdale demonstrates how rural patriarchy and an insidious ol’ boy’s network of law enforcement and local politics sustains and reproduces the subordinate, vulnerable, isolated position of many rural women.

Taking into account that traditional patterns of intervention can often put women in isolated communities at further risk, the author recommends a coordinated multi-agency approach to rural battering, spearheaded by the agencies of state feminism.

Customer Reviews:

Battered: That's how I FELT in trying to read this text.

By Lydia M. Mercier - October 26, 2009

Maybe some of the problem was the used textbook I purchased, but I really don't think so. The fonts used in this text was so small that it made reading tiresome and full of eye strain. The subject matter is important and people do need to understand, but no one, other than someone locked up with nothing else to read, could possibly endure this book.

I'll find another on the subject. To the author: come down off your high horse and write like a caring person.... not a cold harded scientist!
These women deserve more.